Laurin Mayeno writes: “Last month, I was stunned to see that the children’s book I wrote made the front page of the News Reporter in Columbus County, North Carolina. Reading on, I learned that the local school district had banned my book One of a Kind, Like Me/Único como yo, calling it ‘age-inappropriate.’ When you ban my book, you’re telling me that a child like mine doesn’t belong in your schools or your communities.”